ANATOMY SCAN FINDINGS- ECHOGENIC FOCUS | OUR BABY MIGHT HAVE A HEART DEFECT (Part 1)

ANATOMY SCAN FINDINGS- ECHOGENIC FOCUS | BABY MIGHT HAVE A HEART DEFECT (Part 1) This is a difficult video to share, and something we never thought we would be faced with. When I decided to document our pregnancy journey, my goal was to just be open, honest and real. Although I never expected we would be told that our baby might have a heart defect, unfortunately, this is our current reality. I can't pretend like everything is butterflies and rainbows over here. We've kept this to ourselves for a while now, and I've found that since I opened up and shared my feelings with family and friends it's helped me feel a bit better and less alone. Hopefully by sharing our experience, I can help someone else feel less alone. Right now, we're trying to take it day by day and stay positive and hopeful. I'm also trying to stay off of google. I recently reached out to my doctor about my current mental health, which felt like a good first step in coping. When I feel ready, I want to share a video on prenatal depression and mental health because I had no idea how common these feelings could be. We know that overall, the baby looks great and is developing and growing normally which is a blessing. The doctors don't believe that this CHD would be fatal to our baby, and they should go on to live a happy healthy life just like my hubby has! I'm sharing this in hopes to help anyone else going through something similar so that you know you're not alone. ❤ This is a long one, so check out the time stamps below. We have follow-up appointments scheduled for the end of October, I'll post an update as to what we find out sometime in November. ► Initial 20-week anatomy scan 1:37 ► The experience + Echogenic Focus 4:52 ► Appointment with OB + the scan results 7:34 ► Maternal serum bloodwork/ down syndrome testing 8:19 ► Follow up anatomy scan + the experience + photos 11:57 ► Results from OB about heart findings 15:38 ► Call from IWK for an appt with fetal medicine 17:28 ► Maternal-fetal Medicine experience 18:20 ► MFM Findings/results + down syndrome risk factor (what we currently know) 19:43 ► What's next 22:54 ► My husband's VSD (Congenital heart defects can be hereditary) 24:19 -Shelby RELATED VIDEOS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► We're Pregnant    • WE HAVE EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE- WE'RE PREG...   ► Telling our Fam & Friends We're Pregnant    • TELLING OUR FAMILY & FRIEND'S I'M PREGNANT...   ► First Trimester Recap    • FIRST TRIMESTER RECAP | TELLING YOU EVERYT...   VIDEO: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shot with: Lumix GH5 & Samsung S10+ Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro MUSIC: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stasis- Track Tribe (YouTube Audio Library)